Fine Mineral Specimens from all over the world
July 2023, New Selection of fine mineral specimens (Page 1)
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BY01 - . Rubellite (Tourmaline). Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco.
Elbaite crystals with sharp faces and edges and a flat pinacoid termination, translucent, with good luster and a very intense pink color (rubellite variety), on matrix, with Feldspar and Quartz crystals. No damage.
Specimen size: 8 cm x 4.5 cm
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BY02- Fluorite. Zia Yang mine, Yongchun, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
Group of transparent to translucent cube-octahedral crystals of Fluorite with an intense and vivid color. They look extraordinary when backlit. Found in early 2018, these "tanzanite fluorite" crystals as the Chinese called them. No damage.
Specimen size: 5.8 cm x 5.5 cm
Price: 220€ Available
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BY03- Fluorite. Zia Yang mine, Yongchun, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
Aerial transparent cube-octahedral crystals of Fluorite with an intense and vivid color and very good size. They look extraordinary when backlit. Found in early 2018, these "tanzanite fluorite" crystals as the Chinese called them. No damage.
Specimen size: 9 cm x 7 cm
Price: 290€ Available
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BY04 - Cassiterite with Quartz. Viloco Mine (Araca Mine), Loayza Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
Extraordinary Cassiterite specimen from Viloco. It is composed of translucent lustrous crystals of Cassiterite with very well defined faces and edges. Ciclic Cassiterite twins, with more than an excellent luster and dark honey color. On matrix of Quartz. No damage.
Specimen size: 6.5 cm x 4 cm
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BY05- Cassiterite with Quartz. Viloco Mine (Araca Mine), Loayza Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
Extraordinary Cassiterite specimen from Viloco. It is composed of lustrous crystals of Cassiterite with very well defined faces and edges. The crystals show the clear form of the twin, with more than an excellent luster and dark honey color. Translucent crystals. On matrix of Quartz. No damage.
Specimen size: 8 cm x 6 cm
Price: 340€ Available
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BY06- Cassiterite with Quartz. Viloco Mine (Araca Mine), Loayza Province, La Paz, Bolivia.
Translucent twinned crystals of Cassiterite with a dark brown color and high brilliance. Disposed on matrix of Quartz crystals. In excellent condition.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 4 cm
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BY07- Pink Fluorapatite with Muscovite. Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Classic Chumar style pink Fluorapatite with a sharp crystal well positioned on matrix with large laminar crystals of Muscovite. Super glassy luster and very good pink color. The crystal measures 3 cm x 1 cm. Excellent specimen from an old collection. No damage.
Specimen size: 11 cm x 8.5 cm
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BY08- Azurite with Malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos
A great new locality the Sepon Mine in Laos has been producing a few unusual and very fine Azurites. This specimen comprises a very sharp Azurite crystal, aerial, with very well defined
faces and edges, extraordinarily bright and deep colored and on matrix, with fibrous Malachite. The sample has a better quality than the usual for the locality. No damage.
Specimen size: 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 270€ Available
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BY09- Fluorite with Sphalerite. Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA.
Excellent Fluorite from a classic locality. Perfectly formed, zoned, transparent to translucent, purple Fluorite cubes perched on a druse of complex Sphalerite crystals that are very rich in faces and have very well defined forms. They are translucent, very bright and have a very deep color. No damage.
Specimen size: 10 cm x 8 cm
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BY10- Galena with Quartz. Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria.
Well formed cubic crystals of Galena perched on Quartz. The Galena crystals have the vertices truncated by the triangular faces of the octahedron. In excellent condition. Aestheic and excellent specimen.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 6 cm
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BY11- Galena with Quartz. Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria.
Well formed cubic crystals of Galena perched on Quartz. The Galena crystals have the vertices truncated by the triangular faces of the octahedron. In excellent condition. Aestheic and excellent specimen.
Specimen size: 7.5 cm x 6 cm
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BY12- Galena with Quartz. Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria.
Group of very shiny cubic Galena crystals with surfaces showing dissolution forms and accompanied by a "hair" of small crystals of quartz. In very good condition.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 5 cm
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BY13- Pyrite. Huanzala Mine, Huanzala, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Perú.
Group of mirror bright lustrous golden crystals of Pyrite up to 3 cm in size. This is in excellent condition.
Specimen size: 6.5 cm x 6 cm
Price: 130€ Available
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BY15 - Amazonite with Quartz. Pikes Peak, Teller County, Colorado, USA.
Single crystal of Microcline, variety Amazonite, with excellent color and
very well-developed faces. On matrix with smokey Quartz crystals. The condition is excellent.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 4 cm
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BY16 - Vanadinite. Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
Aggregate of doubly terminated crystals of Vanadinite on matrix. They are very bright, with very well defined faces and edges and with a very unusual color and with a dark colored stripe in the center of each crystal. No damage.
Specimen size: 8.5cm x 5 cm
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BY17 - Aquamarine with Muscovite. Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Parallel growth of very sharp Beryl crystals (Aquamarine variety), translucent, very shiny and with a sky-blue color. Partially covered with lamellar Muscovite crystals. In excellent condition, no damage. Better in person.
Specimen size: 11 cm x 6 cm
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BY18 - Wulfenite with Calcite. Ahmad Abad Mine, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran.
An unusual and attractive Iranian Wulfenite specimen from the new finds at Ahmad Abad. Laminar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix with an intense and glossy orange color partially coated by Calcite. In excellent condition. No damage.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 3 cm
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BY19 - Wulfenite with Calcite. Ahmad Abad Mine, Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran.
An unusual and very attractive Iranian Wulfenite specimen from the new finds at Ahmad Abad. Laminar crystals of Wulfenite, on matrix, with an intense and glossy orange color partially coated by Calcite. In excellent condition. No damage.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 3.5 cm
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BY20 - Quartz with Rutile and Hematite. Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil.
Transparent crystal of Quartz with inclusions of golden-yellow acicular crystals of Rutile and Hematites. The condition is excellent.
Specimen size: 3.8 cm x 3 cm
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BY21 - Pyrite. Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru.
Group of mirror bright lustrous golden crystals of Pyrite up to 2.5 cm in size. This is in excellent condition.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 4 cm
Price: 90€ Available
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BY22 - Fluorite with Quartz and Feldspar. Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia.
Deep green cuboctahedral crystals of Fluorite, transparent and with very well
defined faces and edges. On matrix with Quartz crystals and Feldspar. In excellent condition.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 3 cm
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BY23 - Elabaite variety Rubellite. Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Gemmy prismatic crystal of Elbaite, variety Rubellite. Nice red color with a green inner core and also green
cap, known as watermelon Tourmaline. It is in excellent condition, no damage.
Specimen size: 3.5 cm x 1 cm
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BY24 - Axinite with Epidote. Canta District, Canta Province, Lima , Peru.
Group of sharp crystals of Axinite with an excellent brilliance and between translucent to transparent. Specimens were found in a scarce meters deep fissure with a planar and elongated shape. With a few small crystals of green Epidote. No damage.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm
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